Populism: The New Normal

Populism: The New Normal

The growth of populism in elections in societies across Europe and the United States in recent years has stunned the liberal consensus and shaken the post-war Western order to its core. It’s been analysed as as a protest vote by sectors of society “left behind” by globalisation and immigration has become the hot button issue pressed by a new brand of political leader. What are the economic realities behind the strongman posturing and can the capitalist, liberal economic order survive if it does not take on the elites and address the inequalities that are fuelling this creeping revolution?